Support and holder



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SUPPORT AND HOLDER Filed March 7, 1952 e 7 w A FIG. 4'. A

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Patented May 2, 1933 WILLIAM KEMPER LIPPERT, F MUNCIE, INDIANA SUEPQRTAND HOLDER Application filed Irlare This invention has especialreference to support and holder devices for collapsible containers suchas tubes containing semi plastic material, such as tooth paste.

1 Disadvantages incident to the use of tooth paste tubes are that thetube as well as the closure cap therefor must be handled and rehandled,and the manipulation thereof, and of the tooth brush, is time consumingand in- Q convenient, and moreover, it is not practicable to assureagainst intrusion upon the tube contents of impurities.

To overcome the said disadvantages and to afford certain improvedfacilities hereafter mentioned, the general objectof my 1nvention is toprovide a support and holder device which. besides supporting the tubefirmly and in a convenient position, and retaining same normallystoppered, permits of easy access to the tube contents, and affordsfacility for obtaining the desired supply quota therefrom for the brush.

More specific purposes of the inventlon are to provide a device of theabove description which is economical of construction, easy to use, and.which is durable and dependable and of neat appearance.

The objects of my invention are accomplished. by, and the invention isembodied in the new construction, combination and arrangement of parts.described in the following specification, and illustrated 1n theaccompanying drawing.

The several parts of the invention are identified by suitable charactersof reference applied to them in the different views in the drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a side view of my improved supportand holder device.

Figure 2 is a front view, taken in the directon. of arrow 2 in Fi ure 1,the support bar at its apertured portion being shown in cross section.

Figure 3 is a top plan view taken in the direction of arrow 3 in Figure1.

Figure at is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 44 in thedirection of arrow 4 in Figure 3.

5o Figure 5 is a sectional top plan view taken Serial No. 597,293.

on the line 5--5 in the direction of arrow 0 in Figure 1.

My invention is adaptable for the accommodation of tubes of varioussizes, and it may be posi* one to support the tube in upright, or ininverted position, as may be desired. It is shown in the presentspecification as supportingthe tube in inverted position.

The invention broadly stated, consists of a bracket having a support armprovided with an aperture in which the neck of the tube is held, a leverfulcrumed on said bracket and having a stopper thereon to register withand to close the mouth of said neck when the said lever is moved toadvanced position, and means between the bracket and the lever to retainthe latter in its bearings and to yieldably stay it in either theadvanced, or in the retracted position.

The bracket may be of cast or sheet metal, the former being preferred.Its body por tion is of the form of a housing having opposed side walls1, and integrally formed lateral external flanges 2. Integral with theinner faces of each of the walls are bosses 3. At the lower edge of eachof the side walls is a recess fl, having a rounded bearing face 5. Uponthe underside of the top 7 of said housing, is a lug 8 having eye 9. Afrontal wall 10 which extends downwardly a suitable distance,constitutes a neat frontal closure of the housing.

A forwardly extended support arm 12 is provided with an aperture 13,having beveled edge 14. This aperture, as shown in the plan view inFigure 3 is ovate in formation, it being thereby adapted to receive tubenecks of various sizes. In a suitably threaded bore of the head portion15 of the said support arm is retained a binding screw 16. This screw isadapted to be turned by the user when fastening a tube in position, andit may be provided with a head 17 of the circular knurled type shown.

A lever 18, flat in cross section formation, is bifurcated at its rearportion, there being thus provided a. clearance space 19 between thesides 20 of said lever, as shown in Figure 5. Opposed integrally formedjournals 21 project from the sides of the said lever. 22 109 designatesa hole in said lever, as shown in Figure 5. At the anterior or frontportion of said lever is secured a stopper 23. The free or forward endof said lever is so fashioned as to provide a finger push 24. The saidstopper may consist of a piece of rubber, of suitable formation in crosssection, and of dimension in plan to accommodate tube necks of anydiameter within the limitation of the diameters of the aperture 13. Thesaid stopper is secured in place by having its bottom portion sprunginto the beveled edge aperture 26 provided therefor in said lever. Thisstopper combined with the lever mounted as described, lends itselfespecially well to the stoppering of the mouth of the tube regardless ofthe plane of the mouth of the tube. By virtue of the peculiar positionand combination of the parts, an efiective stoppering is had, with aminimum amount of tension.

A helical spring 28 whose hook ends are attached to the eyelet openings9 and 22, in the top of the housing and in the lever 18 respectively,serves to retain the lever in the assembled status shown, with itsjournals 21 in bearing engagement with the recesses-e and bearings 5. Atthe same time the stopper is stayed firmly at the raised position. Theeyes 9 and 22 are in such position with relation to the position of thejournals 5, that whereas the spring 28 functions to draw the lever 18to, and to hold it normally at the raised status, it also functions topermit of he lever being swung downwardly. The sides 20 of the levercome to rest against the bosses 3, and in this position the lever isstayed by the spring 28 against being returned to raised status, exceptwhen the lever is moved by the user.

\Vhereas I have shown a practical form of construction for carrying myinvention into effect, I wish it to be understood that minor changes andmodifications may be made without departing from the principle of theinvention.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A support and holder device of thekind described, comprising a bracket having an aperture therein in whichthe neck of a tube may be reposed and held, a lever fulcrumed on saidbracket and having a stopper thereon to close the mouth of the said neckwhen the said lever is in the advanced position, bosses on the saidbracket to limit the measure of retractive movement of the said lever,and a spring between the bracket and the lever to retain the latter inoperative connection with the bracket, and to yieldingly hold it ineither the advanced or the retracted position.

2. A device of the kind described, consisting of a housing having aforwardly extended arm provided with an aperture in which a tube neckmay be received and retained, the said housing having opposed side wallsprovided with external flanges, and there being opposed recesses in thebottoms of said side walls, and the said side walls being provided attheir interior upper portions with integrally formed bosses, a lever barhaving integrally formed laterally disposed journals to engage saidrecesses, and its inner end being bifurcated to provide a clearancespace between its sides, a stopper on the outer portion of said lever toregister with the aperture in said bracket arm, and a retractive spring,having its one end connected to the lever at a point to the front of theaxis of said journals, and its other end connected to the upper part ofthe housing at apoint to the rear of the axis of said journals.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

W. KEMPER LIPPERT.

